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<p>
<dfn>Inserts</dfn> are signal tap points that can be placed anywhere
inside a channel strip. Unlike Auxes, they will interrupt the signal flow,
feeding the signal from before the insert point to its <dfn>Insert
send(s)</dfn>, and connecting the remainder of the channel strip to the
<dfn>Insert return(s)</dfn>, both of which are JACK ports which are
visible to other JACK applications.<br>
Inserts are the JACK equivalents of normalized switching jacks on an
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analog console.
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<p>
An insert allows to either use a special external DSP JACK
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application that is not available as a plugin, or to splice an external
analog piece of gear into a channel strip, such as a vintage
compressor, tube equalizer, etc. In the latter case, the inserts would first
be connected to a pair of hardware ports, which are in turn connected to the
outboard gear.
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<p>
Disabling (bypassing) an insert is done by clicking on its LED in the processor box.
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<p class="note">
When an insert is created, the signal will be interrupted until the relevant
connections to the insert ports are made!
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</p>
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<p class="note">
Inserts will incur an additional JACK period of latency, which can be
measured and compensated for during mixing, but not during tracking!
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